Pope prays for dead, missing following catastrophic mudslides, floods in Nepal
At least 160 people died and more than 1,300 were missing as rescue teams searched flood-hit border communities, officials said.
- On Thursday, Pope Leo XIV expressed deep sorrow for the devastation in Nepal following a 5.2 magnitude glacial collapse that triggered deadly flash floods near the China border, killing at least 168 people.
- Experts confirmed the disaster resulted from a massive glacial collapse in the warming Himalayas, validating warnings from earlier this year about climate change. Tremors were initially mistaken for an earthquake 41 miles north of Kathmandu.
- Father Silas Krishna Bogati, the apostolic administrator of Nepal, called the event "the worst disaster in the country's history." Nearly 1,500 people remain unaccounted for, including pilgrims visiting Mount Kailash, a site sacred to Hinduism and Buddhism.
- Cardinal Pietro Parolin sent a telegram on the Pope's behalf commending deceased souls "to the clemency of the Almighty." Catholic Relief Services announced coordination with Caritas Nepal to assess urgent needs and support affected communities.
- Rescue operations continue across the region, though efforts are complicated by damaged infrastructure and difficult terrain. Thousands of police officers and emergency workers are deploying helicopters to reach isolated villages and evacuate survivors.
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Pope prays for dead, missing following catastrophic mudslides, floods in Nepal
(OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV expressed his sadness by the devastation wrought by a glacial collapse in the Nepal-China border, causing a deadly wave of floods and mudslides that killed 168 people with hundreds more feared dead. In a telegram sent on the pope’s behalf Aug. 27, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, expressed the pontiff’s condolences upon learning “of the loss of life and devastation caused by the flash floods in Nepal…
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(SE): Pope Leo XIV has voiced profound sorrow over the tragic loss of life and widespread destruction wrought by recent flash floods in Nepal, Vatican News reported on August 27. In a telegramme signed by the Vatican’s secretary of state, Pietro Cardinal Parolin, the pope entrusted the souls of the deceased to the mercy ofCatholic News of the Week Asia
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